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Found in 1121 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history of Shirley Palmer, 1988 February 15, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-027-1
Abstract
Palmer begins by telling that she was born in Mesa, Arizona, and has lived there all her life. She describes her schooling and names many of her teachers. She recounts that although her family was poor, she never felt poor. She gives some family history and tells of her grandparents, the Hills and the Stapleys, settling in Mesa. She talks about everyday life including doing laundry, preserving food, and sleeping outside in summer. Palmer tells about dating and marrying her husband, Lehi...
Dates:
1988 February 15; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Walter Haws, 1985 August 16, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-014-1
Abstract
Haws begins by telling his story of being born in Mexico on the national holiday and being given the middle name Profirio, after Mexican President, Porfirio Diaz. He tells about working in the mines in Globe, Arizona, marrying his wife, and moving to Mesa to ranch with his brother. Haws discusses losing his cotton farm and becoming a truancy officer to make a living ? a job that he had for 37 years. He describes the area surrounding his first house near Southern Avenue and Mesa Drive and how...
Dates:
1985 August 16; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history of Zelma Miller, 1985 October, 2006 March
Item
Identifier: MHM2005-027-025-1
Abstract
Miller tells of her family's move, when she was 14 years old, to the Gilbert area to farm. She describes her schooling, some of the area's fairs and parades, going to the movies, and other things they did for entertainment. She talks about medicine, home remedies, and how her entire family was ill during the flu epidemic of 1918. She recalls that Mesa's streets began to be paved around 1918 and that her father's first car was a ?Grant.? Miller talks about her daily home life and then...
Dates:
1985 October; Digitization: 2006 March
Oral history recording of William D. Kohn III
Item
Identifier: DPL-OH222
Dates:
Date Not Yet Determined
Oral interview with Ismay, Mrs. John; Sheek, Helen Skoog, and an essay by Decker, Maria titled "A Child in Weber Canyon", 1975, 2006 August 10
Item
Identifier: MPL20
Abstract
Dorothy Trevino interviews Mrs. John Ismay about the early days of the Ismay Trading Post. Helen Skoog Sheek talks about her life in Mancos in the early 1900's. These interviews are part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers recorded in the 1970's and intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library collection. Dorothy Trevino reads an essay by Maria Decker titled "A Child in Weber Canyon" about her childhood in the early 1900's in Weber Canyon.
Dates:
1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10
Oral Interviews with Alexander, Callie; Bowling, Ethel; Ellis, Fern; Holston, Mattie; Mallet, Vida, 1975, 2006 August 10
Item
Identifier: MPL06
Abstract
Dorothy Trevino records Callie Alexander, Ethel Bowling, Fern Ellis, Mattie Holston, and Vida Mallet as they talk about the early days of Mancos. These interviews are a part of a series of oral histories of early Mancos settlers recorded in the 1970's and intended to be part of the Mancos Public Library collection.
Dates:
1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10
Oral Interviews with Ellis, Fern; Holston, Mattie; Mattet, Ethel; Bowling, Ethel; Alexander, Callie, 1975, 2006 August 10
Item
Identifier: MPL07
Abstract
Four Mancos residents (Fern Ellis, Mattie Holston, Vida Mallet, Ethel Bowling, and Callie Alexander) Describe growing up in Mancos, Colorado in the early 1900's.
Dates:
1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10
Oral Interviews with Stevenson, Leonard, and Stevenson, Kook, 1975, 2006 August 10
Item
Identifier: MPL10
Abstract
Mancos, Colorado resident Leonard Stevenson (b. 1896) and his son Kook(?) Stevenson, talk about growing up in Mancos in the 1900's.
Dates:
1975; Digitization: 2006 August 10
Osborn oral history interview
Item
Identifier: CSUosborn
Abstract
Osborn oral history interview.
Dates:
Date Not Yet Determined
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